Croydon North by-election, 1948

The Croydon North by-election, 1948 was a parliamentary by-election held in the British House of Commons constituency of Croydon North on 11 March 1948. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament Henry Willink had resigned, having held the seat since a by-election in 1940.

The Conservative candidate Fred Harris held the seat for his party with a much increased majority.

Election results

1948 By-election: Croydon North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Fred Harris	36,200	54.0	+13.9
	Labour	Hon. Harold Nicolson	24,536	36.6	-3.5
	Liberal	Donald Bennett	6,321	9.4	-9.4
Majority			11,664	17.4	+16.3
Turnout			67,057
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.7

General Election 1945: Croydon North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Willink	23,417	41.1	-26.0
	Labour	Marian Billson	22,810	40.1	+7.2
	Liberal	John Howard	10,714	18.8	+18.8
Majority			607	1.1	-33.0
Turnout			56,941
	Conservative hold		Swing	-16.6 v. 1935

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1945	October: Smethwick Ashton-under-Lyne Edinburgh East Monmouth City of London November: Bromley Bournemouth Kensington South December: Tottenham North

1946	January: Preston February: South Ayrshire Glasgow Cathcart Heywood and Radcliffe Hemsworth March: Combined English Universities June: Ogmore Down July: Bexley Pontypool Battersea North August: Glasgow Bridgeton November: Rotherhithe Paddington North Aberdeen South Combined Scottish Universities December: Aberdare Kilmarnock

1947	February: Normanton May: Jarrow September: Liverpool Edge Hill September: Islington West November: Gravesend Edinburgh East Howdenshire December: Epsom

1948	January: Glasgow Camlachie February: Paisley March: Wigan Armagh Croydon North Brigg Southwark Central September: Glasgow Gorbals October: Stirling and Falkirk November: Edmonton Glasgow Hillhead

1949	February: Batley and Morley Hammersmith South March: St Pancras North Sowerby July: Leeds West December: Bradford South

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↑ "1948 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-08-12.

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